Our National Sponsor

A note from our National Sponsor

Shakespeare Martineau are a leading full-service UK law firm. They have been providing full service legal advice to education institutions since 1900 and now act for over 100 further and higher education institutions. With a long-standing involvement in and commitment to the education sector, their team have extensive experience across all legal issues that affect the sector, guiding and supporting clients through challenges and opportunities.

Working with universities, colleges, independent and alternative providers, academies, and schools, their full-service team can advise on any legal issue that an education institution may have. This includes regulatory and policy work, employment issues, student matters, governance and constitutional questions, partnerships and collaboration, disputes, large-scale capital projects, and estates master planning.

Shakespeare Martineau are fully immersed in the sector, with a number of specialists working exclusively with education clients. Combining the breadth of their expertise with the breadth of their client base, their team of specialist lawyers are in a position to advise clients every step of the way.

Their presence, profile and expertise in the sector continues to be recognised by Legal 1500 which consistently tanks them as a Tier 1 firm for education.

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Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence on Campus

Application deadline: Friday 10th January 2025

This free workshop is offered to those in senior roles to develop their understanding of gender-based violence; the requirements and expectations of Higher Education Institutions in preventing and responding to it; and to support the move from single initiatives to more integrated approaches.

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